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Show 6 THE THURSDAY, SUN heart surgery ... again NETO CLUB Extends Deadline for Recipes We don't care if its a gourmet peanut butter Jonathan Reiner, right talks about the procedure he performed on Vice President Dick Cheney at The George Washington University Hospital 2001 Tribune Media Services WASHINGTON "He has chronic coronary artery disease. This is what affects millions of people in this country," Reiner told reporters at the hospital. He said Cheney should be able to resume a full work schedule, but will have to continue to monitor his heart. "1 think there's a very high likelihood that he can finish out his term in his extremely vigorous capacity," Reiner said. However, he added that there is a 40 percent chance the same artery could become blocked again. Hughes said Cheney told the president on Monday morning that had "felt a couple of twinges" in his chest and wanted to get them checked out. Bush called the vice president on Monday night to check on his condition. Cheney told Bush he was "feeling fine and looked forward to returning to work," according to a White House statement. Doctors said the first sign of Cheney's latest heart trouble came Saturday, when the vice president felt "a very subtle" chest discomfort after exercising. He suffered a similar episode Sunday, then two more serious bouts of discomfort Monday. Doctors reopened a clogged artery leading to Vice President Dick Cheney's heart Monday after Cheney checked himself into a hospital complaining of chest pains. The procedure came about three months after Cheney suffered his fourth heart attack. Doctors said there was no evidence that the vice president had suffered a fifth attack and no sign of any new heart damage. The Cheney was expected to be released in a day or two from George Washington University Hospital. Doctors said he probably would be able to resume normal work this week. Cheney's latest heart trouble raised new questions about the health of a vice president who wields enormous influence within the new Bush administration, serving virtually as chief operations officer to President Bush's board chairman. An expenenced Washington hand, Cheney is one of Bush's closest and most trusted advisers, with a reach that goes well beyond a vice president's traditional role. Cheney's personal physician, Gary The former defense secretary is especialMalakoff, said Cheney's second bout of chest ly influential on national security and foreign pain Monday came after he had undergone policy questions, and serves as Bush's chief an electrocardiogram at the White House. liaison to Congress. Cheney also is directing The vice president immediately called the administration's efforts to develop an Reiner on his cell phone, and was advised to come to the hospital. energy policy. "He is very much a part, and an influenThere doctors used a cardiac catheter to tial pan, of all the activities here," said Karen discover the blockage in an artery branching .from the left anterior descending artery. Hughes, a longtime Bush aide. 'The president seeks his advice on a lot of matters." Reiner said the artery was about 90 percent Jonathan Reiner, Cheney's cardiologist, blocked in a small area, the same artery that said the vice president's blockage was in the was 90 percent blocked in November. same artery that doctors forced open with a Cardiologists ballooned the artery open stent, a mesh tube like device, on Nov. 22. again in a procedure known as an angioplastAbout 20 percent of patients who yreceive stents suffer a renarrowing, or The former Wyoming congressman had restenosis, in the affected arteries, usually his first heart attack at age 37 and underwent within six months. s quadruple surgery in 1988. heart-bypas- & !! jelly sandwich We will advertise your small or tiny business enterprise with the submission of Monday, March S, 2001. photo by Tribune Media Services By 8, News Vice President Cheney has Dr. MARCH your favorite recipe. Don't miss this "hot" opportunity to be part of the For Thought" book. 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